diff --git a/client/fpga_compress.c b/client/fpga_compress.c
index a0ecbe485..c67f67691 100644
--- a/client/fpga_compress.c
+++ b/client/fpga_compress.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ int zlib_decompress(FILE *infile, FILE *outfile)
 	compressed_fpga_stream.avail_out = DECOMPRESS_BUF_SIZE;
 	compressed_fpga_stream.zalloc = fpga_deflate_malloc;
 	compressed_fpga_stream.zfree = fpga_deflate_free;
+	compressed_fpga_stream.opaque = Z_NULL;
 	
 	ret = inflateInit2(&compressed_fpga_stream, 0);